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The Apple e-books trial takes a detour into the absurdJune 18, 2013: 8:36 AM ET
Shouldn't there be a law against beating a piece of evidence to death?
FORTUNE -- What started as a small "gotcha" moment last week in the cross examination of a mid-level Apple (AAPL) executive grew into a federal case -- literally -- on Monday, the ninth day of testimony in U.S.A. v. Apple.
The latest McGuffin in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Apple is an e-mail signed by Steve Jobs and addressed to Eddy Cue -- the Apple senior vice president whom the government alleges was the ringleader of a conspiracy to raise the price of e-books in 2010.
The evidence was first sprung on Keith Moerer, the head of Apple's iBookstore, by Dan McCuaig, a DOJ attorney, in the last hour of the sixth day (last Tuesday). Moerer and his colleague Kevin Saul had both testified that Apple was "indifferent" to what kind of agreement the publishers signed with Amazon (AMZN), then the dominant e-book seller with a 90% market share. But in an e-mail in response to some price cap changes proposed by Eddy Cue, Jobs had written on Jan. 14, 2010:
"I can live with this as long as they move Amazon to the agent model too for new releases for the first year. If not, I'm not sure we can be competitive..."
Does that, McCuaig asked Moerer, reflect "indifference"?
"No," Moerer reluctantly admitted.
Orin Snyder, Apple's chief counsel, wasted no time trying to disarm the new evidence.
"Are you aware," he asked Moerer, "that the e-mail was never sent?"
The government immediately objected, and the judge ordered the question stricken from the record. See Did Steve Jobs give the DOJ an antitrust smoking gun?
But you knew it wasn't going to end there.
Snyder came back to the topic the next day, introducing a longer version of the e-mail stamped with the same date, suggesting that the e-mail the government had shown the court was a discarded draft. See Did the DOJ pull a fast one?
The government returned to topic last Thursday. With Eddy Cue on the stand. Larry Buterman, another DOJ attorney, asked him what it meant and whether he'd ever received it. Cue said he hadn't and Buterman -- apparently lacking proof that he had -- had to accept Cue's word for it.
Then, on Monday, things got a bit out of control.
Synder started the ball rolling by introducing five different versions of the Jobs e-mail. In four of them the "move Amazon to agent model" language had disappeared. In its place were variations of the price-matching clause that ended up in Apple's contract. The strong implication was that Jobs' thinking had evolved in the process of drafting the e-mails. The problem for Snyder -- which he skipped right over -- was that the version the government had introduced was time-stamped later than the other four.
The government wasn't going to let Apple's lawyer get away with that. In his re-cross, the DOJ's Buterman had Cue read the time stamps one by one, demonstrating that the "smoking gun" version was dated five minutes after the first.
Snyder in his re-re-cross got Cue to testify that time stamps didn't prove anything. If you have several windows open on the screen of a Mac, Cue said, the last window you close will have the latest time stamp.
Buterman in his re-re-cross pointed out that the government's preferred version not only had the latest time stamp, but was the only one that Jobs had signed in his usual manner: "Steve."
When the two attorneys had finally run out of questions for Cue, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote -- who will decide the non-jury trial -- picked up the ball.
"So you probably don't want to see those five documents again," she began. She then proceeded to subject Jobs' words to the kind of close textual analysis an English major might lovingly perform on an Emily Dickinson poem. When Cue pointed out that the signed version of the e-mail -- the one with the last time stamp -- contained a remnant of an earlier version, she responded (from the transcript):
THE COURT: "Believe me, I've noticed, and that one first appeared on [Plaintiff's exhibit] 687, the second version. And, well, I shouldn't say that. It first appeared on the first version, 688, but as part of the paragraph, part of the text, and then for the second version it's like he hit a return and it ended up like the beginning of a new paragraph, and then he started completing the sentence and then never deleted. Anyway, so it's like hanging down there just sort of riding at the bottom of the e-mail for the rest of the chain, which, to me, is additional confirmation that this is the last in the series.
CUE: I agree with you, your Honor.
So it was determined, at least in the mind of the person who matters most in this case, that the government's version was indeed the last one.
Judge Cote had several theories about what that meant. Perhaps Jobs hadn't made a mistake, as Cue had suggested, when he used the word "wholesale" when he should have used "agent." Or perhaps he was concerned that Apple couldn't turn a profit on e-books if it had to match Amazon's prices.
No and no, Cue responded. And then, speaking as someone who was closer to Jobs on the iBookstore project than anyone, Cue explained what he thought had happened in a way that seemed to satisfy Judge Cote:
CUE: He's writing that first one, he's confused about it because he wasn't clear about wholesale, retail, agency, non-agency. And then he changes it to this, but realizes, you know what, I don't really know what the right thing is, and that's why he never sent the e-mails to me... Based on my experience with Steve over the 17 years, I can tell you I'm a hundred percent positive that's what happened because Steve would never have sent an e-mail if he was not sure about it.
THE COURT: Thank you.
What made the whole detour into the provenance of Jobs' e-mail so absurd was that the thing wasn't really a "smoking gun" at all. Cue had already testified that he and Jobs had originally planned to get the publishers to move Amazon from the wholesale model (where Amazon was selling New York Times bestsellers for $9.99) to the agency model (where the book publishers could set their own, higher prices).
The critical testimony on that point was the explanation Cue gave last Thursday about why he abandoned the "move Amazon to the agent model" language that appeared in an e-mail from Jobs written the week Cue changed his mind. See The DOJ's last best chance has passed.
If Judge Cote accepts Cue's explanation, Jobs' unsent e-mail is irrelevant.
For a drawing of Judge Cote questioning Eddy Cue about Jobs' e-mail, see Elizabeth Williams' courtroom illustration.
For background on the case, see:
- The key to the e-book antitrust case: What Apple's deal meant
- The DOJ is arguing the facts. Apple is arguing the law.
- U.S.A. v. Apple could go to the Supreme Court


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Located within the sides of each segment of this type of millipede are small chambers that produce a deadly cyanide liquid. The poison is activated when the millipede is threatened, and forms little droplets along the millipede's side.
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The millipede has a special kind of mitochondria that helps prevent it from poisoning itself. But if evolution were true, then how many millipedes poisoned themselves before they developed the mitochondria that protect them? The system that produces the cyanide is extremely complex and would have had to evolve at the same time, otherwise none of it would have worked.
This type of millipede had to be specially designed to do what it does, and what it does do, it does do well.
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Recently, my friend Peter (who runs Manvertised) posted a link to the 120 Minutes Archive on Facebook. Some folks, like my friend Susan and maybe you, were way ahead of me on this one. But that didn't keep me from squealing with glee over an evolving database of the music videos featured on MTV's indie/underground music program. And it certainly fills a void that Pre-Durst never satisfied.
My family had cable intermittently throughout my childhood. The period in my life when having cable mattered to me was between sixth and eighth grade, which was a strange but glorious end of alternative rock and the music video era. Between 1993 to 1996, Sunday night was the couch potato highlight of my week.
I learned about 120 Minutes from my stepbrothers, who were also into Yo! MTV Raps, Headbangers Ball, and Alternative Nation. Though I knew that the show's history stretched back into the mid-1980s, I only followed MTV's left-of-the-dial video program in the mid-1990s. I had a television in my bedroom and no siblings to fight over the remote. As I've outlined previously, 120 Minutes was a big part of my Sunday night music geek routine. I'd burrow deep into bed and try to stay awake so I could absorb as much as possible. Without 120 Minutes, I might never have encountered Sonic Youth's "Little Trouble Girl" or Cibo Matto's "Know Your Chicken."
And while I'd be short-sighted if I failed to notice the hip musical acts the network was pushing, I also wouldn't know about bands like Helium, L7, Luscious Jackson, that dog., Lush, and many other hallmark bands of the period, much less pledge my allegiance to college radio.
The show informed the feminist development of this music geek. For me, the program is seventh grade. Seventh grade me, like many seventh grade girls, was a disaster. I was painfully shy but wanted to be involved with theater and, briefly, cheerleading. I painted my nails black but chewed until my cuticles bled. I was chubby, but primarily ate as a defense mechanism (in high school, I ate very little so I could be "pretty"). I had a hopeless crush on a popular boy who lived in my neighborhood, and would ride my bike by his front yard when he wasn't home. I wanted to run with the eighth grade burn-out girls, but they wouldn't hang. I could count my friends on one hand, and was often made fun of for being a fat kid. I cried most days when I came home from school, and usually before. When 8th grade came around, I made myself into a smart overachiever with a schedule packed with extracurricular activities. I also shopped at "preppy" retailers like the County Seat and starting eating a lot less. In short, 13-year-old me vehemently denied the existence of 12-year-old me.
Of course, 12-year-old me always existed and I still carry her with me. As I grew older, I learned to accept her and, thinking about my adolescence during modern rock's last days, I really love her now. For one, I had style. I wore tiaras, pajama bottoms, and alligator slippers to school. I dressed up as Cleopatra for the Halloween dance when everyone else wore Yaga and shuffled to Hootie. My socks never matched. I toted around a Batman lunchbox I got from a thrift shop while visiting my father in Florida the summer before I started junior high. I wore six barrettes at a time like a rainbow. I asked my friend Kyle's dad for all of his corduroys and cut them to fit me. I paired mechanic shirts with silver platform Skechers. I got made fun of for it, but I rocked that look.
And 12-year-old me may have run with a small group, but they were good, reliable people. Like the protagonist's friends in Dyan Shelton's Tall, Thin, and Blonde, they always saved a seat for me at our lunch table. And even when some of us grew apart during high school, we could still catch up whenever we saw each other. Plus, I had a cool slightly older stepbrother who'd play songs on his bass to cheer me up and make collages with me out when he'd visit. And I had a mom who gave me hugs, talked all the shit out with me, and took me to the park to scrawl out my angst on pieces of scrap paper so that I could burn them.
12-year-old me was also starting to develop good taste in music and already knew about some rad ladies. Sure it was shaped by corporate entities pushing of-the-moment artists signed to major labels and subsidiaries that took my allowance money. Rolling Stone and MTV were chief offenders. Spin was also starting to get my attention with their alternative record guide, though at this point I was unaware of college radio or downloading music and thus had to imagine what The Raincoats or Beat Happening sounded like. But I had an open mind and was learning how to record songs off the radio. Later, I'd reject nu metal on principle, have my own radio show, go to a bunch of concerts, read a lot of books, write a thesis on the Directors Label series, and put this thing together. Thanks, 120 Minutes. More importantly, thanks Alyx at 12.
As someone who works at an archive, I also appreciate the efforts independent, motivated people have made to preserve this important part of a network's programming history and make it available to people, especially as it is now unrecognizable from its origins. The history major in me also appreciates being able to explore the rest of the series that I missed and gain a better sense of the show's context.
There's some stuff I miss that the archive doesn't have. I wish the episodes were available in full, particularly the ones that featured musical guests as hosts. Things got really unpredictable and exciting when an act, or a few available band members, or two tangentally related musical artists shared space together (fans may remember Thurston Moore smashing a phone with Beck). I also liked when a band showed off their hometown, as Soul Asylum did when giving viewers a tour of Minneapolis during a 1995 taping. I liked guessing which music videos the artists' picked out themselves and watching them grate against the latest Tripping Daisy or Frente! clip. These moments really gave viewers a larger sense of who the people were behind the records.
Most of all, I liked the show's liveness — staged, pre-taped, or otherwise.
Because when the Johns from They Might Be Giants announced the 10th anniversary show, I felt like they were singing just to me.
And there's plenty of other MTV programming that folks could archive. In addition to the music programming I outlined above, I'd love to see footage of Courtney Love's 24-hour MTV2 takeover.
So while I'm happy about this archive, I'd treasure viewing fans' VHS recordings of the show even more. As Charles R. Acland observed in his wonderful Flow column about video's obsolescence and how media scholars must address the resultant loss of history, these tapes give us indications of a program's text, its supertext, and the recorder's preferences and practices. Something tells me there's a Clearasil ad in one of those tapes and, with it, the ephemera and long-buried memories of its viewers.


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The first question is do I have to do the UBW in any certain order? I see the daily fitness guide has the order chest, back, shoulders, biceps, triceps. I see on a different page that I thought I had read, it was a different order? Any help/clarification would be great.
The second question is in regards to eating. I am not starting until 8/9/10. I plan to do both cardio and weights in the early morning hours. I know that when I do cardio, I need to wait an hour before eating. My question is in regards to the whole lifting thing. I know that I should eat a shake after working out (30 min after I believe), but how does that effect the rest of my meals? How long after that should I eat my 1st solid food meal? I hope that makes sense.
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Hi Steve,
You do the exercises in order from largest muscle group to smallest.
So UBWO is: Chest, Back, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps
LBWO is: Quads, Hamstrings, Calves, Abs
RE eating... You should intake protein within 30 minutes post workout. Personally I also intake protein PRE-lifting workout. It counts as a meal. So for me on lifting days I have meal 1 pre workout, meal 2 post workout, meal three about 2 hours after that.
Congrats on making the decision and good luck!
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Worst consequences of Nov. 6 election will emerge in 2014
Serious errors of judgment in politics do not show themselves immediately. The consequences of the re-election of President Obama, for example, will not show themselves until 2014.
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Having a meaningful conversation with a girl is an enjoyable experience. Many men think of ways of starting a conversation with a total stranger in the hope that one thing could lead to another. The problem is, they simply don't know where to start.
This is where a lot of men fail when they want to get into a chit chat. They always think that there is a magic topic of conversation that works. Actually, there's none! The more you think about a topic, the more your will fail. Casual conversations do not start with a topic. That's why it is called casual!
Getting into that "I-must-have-a-conversation-topic" frame of mind is a death trap. What if the girl you're talking with is not even interested in the topic that you brought up? Literally, you will just see yourself in that awkward moment of silence when you begin to think, "This is going nowhere!" And mind you, the girl you're with is thinking the same. Even before you have your hand on the bat, you are already out when you spend so much time thinking about what to talk about.
Getting Ready to Bat
You surely must have lady friends, right? Think about how to talk to girls or how you start a conversation with them. Don't say that they are familiar with you that's why it's easier to engage them in a conversation. You don't think about any topic when you are going to meet them, are you? You simply get together, say your usual hi's and hello's, the you ask them "How are you doing?"
And that is a good opener for a conversation, something as casual as asking how the girl is doing. Now that you have an opening, how do you make the follow through? Oops, STOP!… you're in that topic mindset again!
The Follow Through
Just be natural and go with the flow. When we say go with the flow, take note of where you are. If you are in a club after a day at the office, chances are the girl is there for the same reason. So you can make a comment like, "Long day at work, huh?" It may or may not be the right comment, but it will definitely elicit a response from the girl. And that response is the only thing you need to keep the conversation going.
If she doesn't respond, observe the non-verbal signs. She may not have said a word, but she may have smiled back at you. Worse scenario is she'll just frown and ignore you. If that's the case, just move on. Say something like, "See you around," and walk away. No need to let yourself suffer by insisting on drawing out a response. If this is the case, then you struck out not because the pitcher was good; but because you were simply a horrible batter.
Out of the Field and Into the Stands!
Now, if you get a promising response, whether verbal or not, maximize! Offer the lady a drink or something and introduce yourself! Ask her if it's alright to sit down with her and keep her company. Then you can continue your conversation by simply talking about work, likes and dislikes, or even just what happened during the day. When you are in a certain level of comfort with each other, that's the time that you can bring your topic out of your pocket! Or maybe not! Just go for the home run!


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Book your room at Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
Traditional King Bay Tower
Lanai Two Double Beds
Traditional Double Bay Tower
Traditional Room, Accessible 1 King Bed
Traditional King Marina Tower
Deluxe Water View King Bay Tower
Deluxe Water View Double Bay Tower
Premium Club King Bed Marina Tower
Overlooking the San Diego Bay and City Skyline
Waterfront, near airport
Situated on San Diego Bay, the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina is 1 mile (1.6 km) away from San Diego International Airport, and just 10 minutes from the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Old Town, the Gaslamp District, and the convention center.
Private dock, 3 pools
This Sheraton offers multiple restaurants and bars where guests can sample eclectic cuisine along with exceptional views; there are numerous recreational options on site, and guests can make use of the adjacent full-service marina and private dock.
Plush, custom beds
Guestrooms include the Sweet Sleeper bed, with pillowtop mattress, triple-sheeting, and goose down comforter and pillows.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
- Overview
This waterfront hotel is 1 mile (1.6 km) from the airport and 3 miles (4.8 km) from San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter.
The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina features 1,053 guestrooms and suites, which are split between two towers – 705 in the Marina Tower and 348 in the Bay Tower. Business- friendly amenities include a conference center, 73 flexible conference rooms and meeting facilities, accommodating up to 2,100 guests. The hotel features restaurants, bars, and Link@Sheraton powered by Microsoft, with complimentary Internet access and PC Workstations. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in the Marina Tower lobby.
Recreational options include 3 pools and a separate children's pool, spa tubs, 3 outdoor tennis courts, and a basketball court. Boat tours and cruises can be arranged at the full-service marina, and kayaking and other water activities are also available on site. Guests have access to two separate fitness facilities, as well as the Island Breeze Spa (spa services are available for a fee). This smoke-free hotel provides a complimentary airport shuttle that runs at scheduled times. For a surcharge, a shuttle service for nearby attractions within 4 miles (6.4 km) like Harbor Island, the Maritime Museum of San Diego, Broadway/Navy Pier, Seaport Village and the San Diego Convention Center operates between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Parking is available (surcharge) and a valet service is provided too.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 12
- Audiovisual equipment
- Banquet facilities
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Event catering
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Number of spa tubs - 3
- Technology support staff
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Designated smoking areas
- Sauna
- Tour assistance
- Total number of rooms - 1053
- Health club
- Laundry facilities
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (surcharge)
- Patio
- Pool table
- Porter/bellhop
- Local Expert Concierge
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Ballroom(s)
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Year Built 1972
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 73
- Conference center
- Outdoor tennis courts 3
- Security guard
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Swimming pool - outdoor seasonal
- Swimming pool - children's
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Concierge desk
- Elevator/lift
- Exhibit space
- Full-service health spa
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Computer station
- Marina on site
- Luggage storage
- Tennis on site
- Smoke-free property (fines apply)
- Smoke-free property
- Wedding services
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Parking
Parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
- In the room
- Premium TV channels
- Video-game console
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Desk
- Extra towels/bedding
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Pay movies
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Minibar
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- In-room safe
- Digital TV service
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Eat and drink
Harbor's Edge - The hotel's large, contemporary main restaurant—off the lobby in the Marina Tower—features breakfast buffets and steak and seafood items. Waterfront views and terrace dining. A children's menu is available.
Quinn's - This nautical-themed sports bar has leather couches, hardwood floors, pool tables, and multiple TVs. Features ocean and pool views. Cocktails, appetizers, and light fare. Open for lunch and dinner.
Tapatini Tapas & Wine Bar - This harbor-view tapas bar is open from early evening until midnight. Signature martinis.
The Link by Sheraton - Secluded Internet café adjacent to Tapatini's in the Marina Tower. Grab-and-go food and beverages such as muffins, water, and coffee. Computer terminals with complimentary high-speed Internet access. Flat-screen TVs.
Shoreline - Open seasonally, the hotel's poolside restaurant offers snacks and light meals to swimmers and sunbathers. Open for lunch and dinner. Includes a bar.
Marina Market and Cafe - This coffee house offers meals, beverages, delectable snacks "to go", Starbucks coffee, as well as a selection of wines and import, domestic, and locally crafted beer.
Bay Tower Lounge - Light snacks and pub-style food. Includes a bar.
- Play
The Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina offers 3 swimming pools, spa tubs, a children's pool, 3 outdoor tennis courts, basketball on site, bicycle rentals, plenty of outdoor seating areas, and a marina with 2 private boat slips available for private charters. Guests have complimentary use of the fitness center on the ground level of the east tower; spa services are available for a fee.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Snorkeling nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Running track/path nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Volleyball nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Basketball on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Boating on site
- Dock on site
- Ecotours on site
- Kayaking on site
- Motor boating on site
- Sailing on site
- Swimming on site
- Table tennis on site
- Tennis on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Whale-watching on site
- Boat tours on site
- Boat cruises on site
- Spa
The trained attendants at the Island Breeze Spa offer a full menu of spa services and treatments, including massages, body wraps, facials, and manicures and pedicures (surcharges).
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
The Fine Print for Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Your pets
Pets allowed, Pet policy - dogs only, Maximum number of pets per room 1, Pet maximum weight in lb is 40
- You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 11.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 24 per day (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 32 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 35 per room, per day
- An in-room refrigerator is available for an additional fee
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20 per day
- We Should Mention
Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Green Seal, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.


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Quick hits: Turkoglu, Rasheed, Kidd and Bibby
by Jason on Jul.07, 2009, under Quick hits
:hedo turkoglu, jason kidd, mike bibby, rasheed wallace
Some quick ruminations from this past holiday weekend:
- Hedo Turkoglu signed with the Toronto Raptors on Friday after changing his mind about joining the Portland Trail Blazers. Besides giving the Raptors an even more European vibe, Turkoglu gives the team a dynamic scorer with a knack for clutch performances. Playing alongside a stellar point guard in Jose Calderon and Chris Bosh, a center who is more offensively skilled than Dwight Howard, Turkoglu will have plenty of opportunities to show off his offensive prowess. However, Bosh does not demand as much attention in the post as Howard, and the Raptors do not have a sharpshooter like Rashard Lewis to spread the floor even more, so expect Turkoglu's scoring and assist numbers to dip a bit this season. Overall, his value will remain pretty steady, but expect him to suffer a mild case of post-big contract syndrome.
- Rasheed Wallace is joining Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in Boston this year. This is a great move for the Celtics who have a capable low-post defender and a versatile scorer who can spread the floor for his teammates. While it's unclear whether Wallace will start or not, he'll see plenty of time at both the power forward and center positions and shouldn't see his minutes dip too much from 32:12 last season. His value will take a hit since his offensive game will take a backseat, though he should see more open looks thanks to the presence of the Big Three and Rajon Rondo, an adept slasher who should get into the paint and find Wallace for plenty of open three-point looks. Expect his scoring to decline a bit and his shooting percentages to increase.
- Jason Kidd has verbally committed to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks. He's still a valuable asset to any team he's on, but his fantasy impact has diminished considerably during the past two season. Expect his scoring to dip even further, possibly somewhere in the 8-8.5 points per game range. His rebounding and assists (6.2 and 8.7 per game, respectively) should remain steady. Kidd's value remains the same. If you do end up drafting him, remember that his name carries a lot more value than his stats, which makes him great trade bait before the season actually begins.
- Mike Bibby is sticking with the Atlanta Hawks for another three years. His three-point shooting prowess (2.1 three-pointers made per game on 39.0 percent three-point shooting) was invaluable for the young Hawks last season, but with the addition of Jamal Crawford to the roster, Bibby's production will likely decline. Crawford will bite into Bibby's shots and minutes, so look to knock Bibby down a few spots on draft day.
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Everybody knows the story of the tortoise and the hare.
It's one of Aesop's Fables in which a much-faster hare challenges a tortoise to a race. After jumping out to a big lead, the hare decides to take a nap and awakens to find the slow moving tortoise has won the race.
The moral to the story is slow and steady wins the race.
That lesson could apply to West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith.
Smith quickly jumped out to an impressive start as the Mountaineers won their first five games of the season. His numbers were astounding as the Miramar High product threw for close to 2,000 yards with 24 touchdowns. His biggest accomplishment was not throwing an interception since Dec. 1, 2011, a streak that lasted 326 consecutive attempts before it was snapped against Kansas State.
It was a quick start for sure and it had everyone standing up and taking notice.
Before Saturday's game against Kansas State, Smith was considered to be one of the best quarterback prospect in his class, according to ESPN college football and NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay.
"It's not Matt Barkley, it's Geno Smith who is the premier quarterback to chase," said McShay on a teleconference call Friday afternoon. "It wouldn't surprise me if he's the first quarterback taken."
Tall praise considering Smith was a forgotten man in college football a few years ago. He saw limited action his freshman year behind quarterback Jarrett Brown and during his sophomore year, he quietly threw for 2,743 yards with 24 touchdowns to lead the Mountaineers to a 9-4 record.
The following season, a messy coaching divorce took place in Morgantown, leaving Smith to learn a new offensive system under new coach Dana Holgorsen. Holgorsen was known for his up-tempo, high-scoring offense at Oklahoma State and he brought that style with him to West Virginia.
Everything seemed to click for Smith under the new system. He threw for career-highs in yards (4,385) and touchdowns (31) and his performance in the Orange Bowl – 407 yards passing and six touchdowns – added to his legacy in South Florida.
After his hot start, Smith has cooled down a bit following back-to-back losses to Texas Tech and Kansas State. He's only completed 57 percent of his passes (50-of-87) for 418 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. West Virginia has been outscored 104-28.
He's plummeted faster than Felix Baumgartner when it comes to the Heisman Trophy race.
However, that doesn't mean he can't recover. Like the tortoise, Smith has plenty of time to regroup. He can still prove he can handle adversity and has the physical potential to be a playmaker at the next level.
"There are little things that he can improve upon," McShay said. "But overall, when you look at his body of work and where he's headed and having spent time with him and knowing his approach to the game and how competitive he is, the leadership quality that's he brings the football intelligence that he has blew me away."
Smith will have to rely on that approach in the coming weeks with big games still left on the schedule including TCU, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Iowa State. How he handles himself in those contests could go a long way in determining how far he goes in the NFL.
"Now there is no Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III in this class, but Geno Smith is the closest thing we'll have in 2013, I believe," McShay added.
In Smith's case, it may not be his hot start this season that most NFL teams will remember, but how he finishes.
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At Heidi Ho, we strive for carbon neutrality. We believe our ingredients should not travel thousands of miles to our plates. We believe the future of our food is in our local communities.
We are plant-based vegan food company headquartered in Portland, Oregon We produce a range of plant-based vegan cheezes that are made from all natural ingredients, free of additives, fillers or preservatives.


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Improving private housing
What we do
We deal with improvements to private housing within the borough.
This involves taking enforcement action where landlords are not maintaining correct conditions or standards.
We also run the Home Improvement Agency which offers information and assistance for home improvements, repairs and adaptations (for older and disabled people's homes).
Our services
The private sector housing team provide a range of services for homeowners and people renting privately.
Empty homes
We bring long-term empty homes back into use through grants and enforcement action.
We provide grants for adaptations, where a member of the household has a disability.
Private tenants
We deal with:
- Complaints from private tenants about the condition of their homes.
- Overcrowding in private rented properties.
- Landlords - by making sure housing is safe, decent and necessary improvements are carried out.
- Housing matters and nuisance issues, such as as blocked drains, disconnection of services and rubbish accumulations.
Houses in multiple occupancy
We make sure that houses in multiple occupation, (properties where several unrelated individuals live together), have sufficient amenities, adequate fire protection and proper standards of management.
Some houses in multiple occupation require a licence. See House in multiple occupation (HMO) licence for more information. You can also view a list of currently licensed houses in multiple occupation.
We offer advice where you are affected by a nuisance originating from another property. We cannot advise on more general building construction issues.
Energy efficiency
We give advice about making your home warmer and more energy efficient.
Fire and gas advice
We check that landlords in the private sector comply with fire and gas safety legislation. This includes requiring landlords to carry out annual gas safety checks.


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If you are an International Student, here's what you need to know:
This video teaches international students how to prepare for their arrival in the US, how the US healthcare system works and how students should seek medical care appropriately if they become sick or injured.
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Pizza >Domino's Pizza
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Last night I phoned in an order for pick-up of 3 medium pizzas. The total was 19.45 or 19.55; I do not remember which. I handed the young man a twenty, and he went to a small older man who was making pizzas to get change. The man told him it would be a while, as he had several orders to make, and he went on, telling the person working with him "I need a Buffalo" something. He did not look at me at all, just went on with his pizza-making. I was supposed to wait until he had made more pizzas to get my 45- or 55-cent change? I took the pizzas and told them something like: "Really?!? I am taking my pizzas but will not be returning anytime soon" and left without my change.
So this morning, I thought perhaps this was an example of an exception, rather than the rule on how customers are treated. I phoned the location and spoke to Ashley, who told me that the GM would be in tomorrow and that there was nobody who I might speak with today. She said that she would not be able to give out the phone number of the GM, so I gave her my number for the GM to call. Ashley told me that she was instructed not to bother Gina with anything unimportant, and that I would hear from her tomorrow. Once more, I am left bewildered. Pity; I like the pizza, and the prices are good. But I will not subject myself to that type of disregard again.
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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
This quote is about merit
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Alexander Pope (May 22, 1688 May 30, 1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century.
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Schwarz Earns NSCAA Scholar All-Region Honors
Thursday, December 31, 2009Valparaiso goalkeeper Ryan Schwarz (Rockford, Ill./Boylan Catholic) added to his collection of awards from his redshirt junior season, representing the Crusaders on the NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region First Team.
Schwarz, the only Horizon League player to earn First Team Scholar All-Region honors, stood out on the pitch this year. The redshirt junior earned the second league Goalkeeper of the Year honor of his career after playing every second in goal for the Crusaders in 2009. Schwarz, who also was a First Team All-League honoree, set new Valpo single-season records for wins (10), shutouts (7) and goals against average (1.07).
In the classroom, Schwarz holds a 3.666 GPA as a finance major. He previously received CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine First Team Academic All-District V accolades this year, and was named an Academic All-League honoree for the second time in his career. The redshirt junior has been listed on the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll all four semesters Valpo has been a league member, while also earning Dean's List recognition and Presidential academic honors during his time at Valpo.
To be nominated for consideration for the NSCAA Scholar All-Region squads, student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average throughout their career; start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team; be nominated by an institution that is a current NSCAA College Services member and be a junior or above in academic standing at the current institution.
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